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...make a little extra money." Its main character, initially called Sherringford Hope and later rechristened Sherlock Holmes, was based largely on Bell. But Holmes' debut went almost unnoticed, and the struggling doctor devoted nearly all of his spare time to writing long historical novels in the vein of Sir Walter Scott - novels that he was convinced would make his reputation. It wasn't to be. In 1888, Holmes reappeared in A Scandal in Bohemia, a short story in Strand Magazine. An immediate hit, its hero took the foggy, crime-ridden London of gas street lights and Jack the Ripper...
...LONDON: When the Dorchester, tel: (44-20) 7629 8888, opened its stately doors in 1931, a four-bedroom apartment on the top floor was reserved exclusively for co-founder Sir Malcolm McAlpine. Today, it's available to anyone - or rather, anyone who can spare $35,000 a night (and is thus not merely anyone but probably a rather grand someone). The amenities include 24-carat gold-plated bath fixtures, a fully equipped hairdressing station and carpets woven with 22-carat gold and silver threads. This is the most expensive place to stay in town - quite a superlative, given the sorts...
...Coffee Co. Zobel was one of five Business School graduates to receive the award this year. The other four were Donna L. Dubinsky, who helped pioneer handheld computers; A. Malachi Mixon III ’62, who heads the world’s leading maker of home medical equipment; Sir Martin S. Sorrell, a leading advertising executive; and Hansjörg Wyss, chairman of a global medical device company...
...across the political spectrum, strengthening Labour's claim to the center ground. Liberal Democrats spent much of their own September conference, in the south-coast resort of Brighton, locked in private debates about whether they would fare better with a younger, more charismatic man at the helm (LibDem leader Sir Menzies "Ming" Campbell is 66). Yet youth and charisma have not enabled Tory leader David Cameron, 41, to unite his fractious party. Traditionalists are outraged by his efforts to rebrand the Conservatives as a more caring, green-tinged party. The Tory conference, which starts on Sept. 30 in Blackpool...
...mass transit are bumper to bumper anyway: people buy cars for convenience and status. Kant of Tata Motors says he's sick of going to parties in India and in the West and listening to "these rich people ask about congestion and pollution and global warming. I ask them, 'Sir, will you stop using your car and start taking the bus?' People should be thanking us. Our cars are small. Let all those SUVs in America be replaced by the One-Lakh Car, if people are so worried." Today, India. Tomorrow, the world...